Cross sections of (n,x) reactions on cerium isotopes induced by D-T neutrons

Neutron induced reaction cross sections of Cerium isotopes (¹³⁶Ce, ¹³⁸Ce, ¹⁴⁰Ce, ¹⁴²Ce) were investigated for the (n, 2n), (n, α), (n, p) and (n, γ) reactions in the neutron energy around 14 MeV. Experimental cross sections have been obtained for ¹³⁶Ce(n, 2n)^135m+gCe, ¹³⁸Ce(n, 2n)^137mCe, ¹⁴⁰Ce(n, 2n)^139m+gCe, ¹⁴²Ce(n, 2n)^141gCe, ¹⁴⁰Ce(n, p)^140gLa, ¹⁴²Ce(n, p)^142gLa, ¹⁴⁰Ce(n, α)^137mBa, ¹⁴²Ce(n, α)¹³⁹Ba and ¹⁴²Ce(n, γ)¹⁴³Ce reactions. The measured values were compared with the literature data as well as the evaluated nuclear data from ENDF/B-VII.1, CENDL-3.1, JENDL-4.0 and the calculated results by Talys-1.8 code.